Carl Smith, Nigel Dunnett, Andy Clayden

eBook, PDF

Residential Landscape Sustainability (eBook, PDF)

A Checklist Tool

Beschreibung

This valuable resource for developers and designers will help to develop design solutions sympathetic to the environment and improve the sustainability of residential landscapes. The landscapes around housing have a crucial role in creating a more sustainable future with carbon-neutral homes. This book shows how to improve the sustainable profile of new residential developments through landscape planning, design and management - by conserving resources and minimising pollution, and by enhancing ecological diversity. This may be achieved without significant additional capital outlay. The residential landscape sustainability checklist gives housing developers, landscape architects, architects and planners a tool with which to assess the environmental implication of their schemes throughout the design process - from site planning to detailed design. The checklist focuses on residential housing developments but many features of the tool - including improving energy efficiency, materials selection, planting design and management - can also be applied to a wide range of different types of development, from school grounds to retail parks.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 3.1MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Carl Smith BSc(Hons) DipLA MA PhD MLI - Visiting Garvan Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Arkansas

Andy Clayden BSc DipLA MA - Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield

Nigel Dunnett BSc MSc PhD - Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470691588
• Artikelnr.: 38207129

Rezensionen

"It is an ideal tool for anyone who needs quick access toinformation on a topic which becoming increasingly important inboth political and practical terms." BuildingEngineer

"Residential Landscape Sustainability provides a rationaleand a possible method for promoting evaluation of sustainablelandscapes and contains both integrative thinking and hard detailson this topic... [It] is a serious attempt to reflect on andimprove sustainable practice." Landscape ArchitectureMagazine

"Compiles diverse material into a single accessiblevolume, providing an amazing resource for Arkansas homeowners anddesign professionals alike." At Home in Arkansas